A lovely book, it's both philosophical and analitic of Carrol's personality, writing and Alice books. You won't read anything anyone else didn't write about Carroll, but you'll get plenty of fun examples of what Carroll enjoyed. Also, you get a few mA lovely book, it's both philosophical and analitic of Carrol's personality, writing and Alice books. You won't read anything anyone else didn't write about Carroll, but you'll get plenty of fun examples of what Carroll enjoyed. Also, you get a few mind-benders to help you enjoy the book.

In her teens, my sister read this and was so excited she wrote "the sparrows are flying again" on the waistline of on of her jeans. This book is definitely something to make you nod and smile in enjoyment when you read it, so I suppose to a teenager'In her teens, my sister read this and was so excited she wrote "the sparrows are flying again" on the waistline of on of her jeans. This book is definitely something to make you nod and smile in enjoyment when you read it, so I suppose to a teenager's mind it was an even more intense experience.King wrote a book not only about monsters and the real people who create them, face them and suffer from them, but also about writing and everything that goes with it. As an amateur writer, I found a lot of the little "you know those moments when you..." bits very delightful.Besides, written in the usual King captivating style, how can you not love this book just for that?

In this volume, as evens take a faster pace so does the writing. Churchil was never a bad writer, but in the previous volume he didn't quite find the right balance between putting in every memo he ever wrote and every small background history detail.In this volume, as evens take a faster pace so does the writing. Churchil was never a bad writer, but in the previous volume he didn't quite find the right balance between putting in every memo he ever wrote and every small background history detail.Events are well told in good details and the sense of interest and intensivity is kep very nicely.So far, I'm very pleased with this series....more

I gave up in the middle of the Bruno and Sylvie saga. The Alice in Wonderland stories were fun and interesting to read but by the saga the nonsense and the bizzare attraction to young girls who are a symbol of prefection was getting on my nerves. CalI gave up in the middle of the Bruno and Sylvie saga. The Alice in Wonderland stories were fun and interesting to read but by the saga the nonsense and the bizzare attraction to young girls who are a symbol of prefection was getting on my nerves. Call me a cold-hearted person but there's only so much strangely-placed nonsese I can tolerate and if there's too much child-adoration and not enough plot I give up.

Wheen's wonderfully written book illustraits, with colors as vivis as possible, the life and works of Karl Marx, warts and all; from blood-thirsty arguments with opponents, to medical details of the various many ailments Marx suffered from to the horWheen's wonderfully written book illustraits, with colors as vivis as possible, the life and works of Karl Marx, warts and all; from blood-thirsty arguments with opponents, to medical details of the various many ailments Marx suffered from to the horrificly true and not-so-nice predictions of Europe's political future including the world wars and what brought them about.Karl Marx is an educating idol for anyone who wants to think on their own, to conclude only what their mind understand by constantly checking for contradictions and 'plot holes' in grand theories around them and Wheen describes wonderfully both how Marx came about this and what it brought him.The book is well written, light to read and enjoyable. The style is humorist and serious at the same time, with a keen eye on the various misdeeds various politically-enclined historians twisted or wrongly presented Marx history and work, which is always nice to see.

When I started reading this book I thought there was too much kitsch in it but then I told myself I've been reading too much documentry history books that human emotions seem like kitsch to me. Also, Zusak's writing swept me like a tidal wave.

This boWhen I started reading this book I thought there was too much kitsch in it but then I told myself I've been reading too much documentry history books that human emotions seem like kitsch to me. Also, Zusak's writing swept me like a tidal wave.

This book really has everything; exact history, two sides of a coin, the whole ugly truth, and a boog plot. Sometimes it's got kitsch history moments but this book wouldn't become so glorified and admired by so many people if it hadn't had some pointless kitsch.

It's a wonderful, captivating read and it's written brilliantly, despite its slight amount of kitsch. I suppose saying it's not a human being narrating the book but death makes it some kind of an excuse to kitsch. I guess.

This book is only for anyone interested in the personal details of the various concentration camp commanders, that's it. There are no debates on the nature of their behavior, their personalities, their actions or anything - its simply details about tThis book is only for anyone interested in the personal details of the various concentration camp commanders, that's it. There are no debates on the nature of their behavior, their personalities, their actions or anything - its simply details about them as men.You'd think this'd mean its a boring book. Well, personally, it is, but that's besides the point. Unlike the book's name, this is the one point which completely clears "evil"'s name as the main thing to blame in such a horrid crime against nature and humanity the holocaust was. You won't find a monster in this book because these men were not monsters, they did what they did not because they were evil, or wrong, or mentally "broken"; they did it because they believed what they were doing was right and couldn't see the wrong they were doing , and that is the real evil of humanity and of their actions.

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